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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461995803321

Autore

Kay Linda <1951->

Titolo

The sweet sixteen [[electronic resource] ] : the journey that inspired the Canadian Women's Press Club / / Linda Kay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montréal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-53162-3

9786613844071

0-7735-8716-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

070/.0820971

Soggetti

Women journalists - Canada

Women in journalism - Canada - History - 20th century

Women and journalism - Canada - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Demanding Equal Rights -- The French Connection -- All Aboard -- Getting Acquainted -- Crossing the Border -- Meet Me in St Louis -- Down the Pike -- A Day of Rest -- The Boer War -- Farewell to the Fair -- A Presidential Convention -- A Club Is Born -- Winnipeg and Alberta, 1906 -- The Rise and Fall -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

How a train ride to the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 revolutionized the journalism field for women.